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Stephen Gospage

Sat 27th May 2023 06:59

A compelling poem, Clare. 'Unplugged from the mains' - it could happen to us all.

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Clare

Fri 26th May 2023 23:02

Thank you! I am trying to push the boundaries with my writing so it’s a bit experimental! I really appreciate your feedback - you are always so kind!

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keith jeffries

Fri 26th May 2023 22:27

Powerfully descriptive.
Thank you for this,
Keith

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Matilda Simakaj

Fri 26th May 2023 21:05

What blessing words! Keep writing them Helene and all together we can create another reality! 🙏🙏

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Matilda Simakaj

Fri 26th May 2023 21:02

AND SO SHALL IT BE!
Thank you Helene for creating a secret garden! 🙏🙏It's much needed in our days.

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Matilda Simakaj

Fri 26th May 2023 20:42

Thank you Helene!🙏🙏 I never thought about my writing like an aria but it makes me glad that it sings to you.
John, thank you! I think we are all unique in our expression and that's what makes this world a beautiful place to live (of course if we take care of its beauty!)
Manish, thank you for your warmhearted comments! And yes, maybe we cannot change many things evolved in outside world, but at least our inner story has to be our making. As human beings we have been privileged with fantasy and making use of it, is worth our time on this planet.

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Manish Singh Rajput

Fri 26th May 2023 18:36

Powerfully written, Keith. Highly descriptive and evocative.
Thank you.

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Keith Byrne

Fri 26th May 2023 18:24

Thank you Helene

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Keith Byrne

Fri 26th May 2023 18:24

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keith jeffries

Fri 26th May 2023 17:29

Nigel, great poem. Please invite me to the next one.
Thanks
Keith

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M.C. Newberry

Fri 26th May 2023 17:14

While I was exercising on my bike
I took a crashing fall
No I barely take a hike
Of any distance at all.
Content to move around in spurts
Knowing to stop whenever it hurts!
(diagnosis: lumbar spinal stenosis!) 💪

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keith jeffries

Fri 26th May 2023 15:20

Thank you to all who liked and commented on this poem. The setting for this poem is a five minute walk from where I live.
Thank you all again,
Keith

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Hélène

Fri 26th May 2023 14:45

One breath at a time...breathe deep and start anew...your poetry cries out to the universe.

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Hélène

Fri 26th May 2023 14:43

Marvelous! Your writing is like an aria...it sings!

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John Botterill

Fri 26th May 2023 13:23

A fabulously macabre poem, Keith. Very powerful and evocative. Stunning!
It reminds me of the first poem of yours I read, which was a war poem, too, and had a similar sense of movement. Epic.

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Robert C Gaulke

Fri 26th May 2023 11:44

Cheers

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keith jeffries

Fri 26th May 2023 09:55

Avoid bungy jumping. It plays havoc with the ankles.
Keith

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John Botterill

Fri 26th May 2023 09:46

A fascinating exploration of the universe and our place within it. You have your own style, Matilda, and it is a style I really like 😀

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Manish Singh Rajput

Fri 26th May 2023 09:27

A very sublime poem this, Matilda. I liked the theatre and movie effect that you've brought in this (creation, script, play, director and actors). Loved the end message that our life is itself a movie being played. And let's all make our movie worth watching and replaying!
Thank you.

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Uilleam Ó Ceallaigh

Fri 26th May 2023 09:07

Message timed 09:00 hrs-ish!
Thanks all for dropping by with your support.
Off I go. Update to follow.
💓

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Matilda Simakaj

Fri 26th May 2023 07:54

All revelations have started from minds of people who wondered! !!
Relying on what we see without questioning is like religion forced upon people. Finding answers by ourself brings forth new paths to discover.
Thank you for wondering!

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John Coopey

Fri 26th May 2023 07:46

It would be wise no to, Stephen.
And thanks for the Likes, Helene and Ghost.

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Matilda Simakaj

Fri 26th May 2023 07:40

Yehhh! I wanna sit back awhile watch it all burn down leaving space for all! This too shall pass!
Thank you!

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Stephen Gospage

Fri 26th May 2023 07:40

My thanks to John, Manish and Kevin. It is dangerous to say that you have taken a town in war. The situation is so unstable that the enemy might take it back while you are celebrating.

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Matilda Simakaj

Fri 26th May 2023 07:33

How easy do we forget of being grateful for what we have? Thank you for the poem!

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Stephen Gospage

Fri 26th May 2023 07:32

A cracking read, Uilleam. Keep going!

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Manish Singh Rajput

Fri 26th May 2023 06:02

A wonderful poem. Loved the title too!
Thank you.

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John Marks

Thu 25th May 2023 23:54

Merci Kevin. Vous êtes très gentil et en répondant à mon poème en français vous montrez votre intelligence et votre générosité d'esprit, Encore merci.

“First we feel. Then we fall.”
― James Joyce, Finnegans Wake

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Uilleam Ó Ceallaigh

Thu 25th May 2023 22:42

Thanks all for likes and comments.

Proposed EU legislation was the motivation for Brexit...bent bugggers!
https://youtu.be/_BC0c8G2RQ4
more here:
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/sep/24/one-in-six-uk-public-procurement-contracts-had-tax-haven-link-study-finds

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John Botterill

Thu 25th May 2023 22:30

Thanks so much for your praise, Manish. Always appreciated! (and deserved!)
Thanks Kevin. My tongue is often in my cheek, it's true!
Thanks, Helene, the queries are genuine. There's a lot I don't know!
Thanks, Stephen. Love the Fawlty Towers reference. "Let me explain this to you..."

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Stephen Gospage

Thu 25th May 2023 22:03

I love the way you use rhyme without it ever seeming forced, John.

What did Basil Fawlty say? 'You can see the sea. It's over there between the land and the sky'.

Which is ok if we know where the sky starts....

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Tim Ellis

Thu 25th May 2023 21:58

Thank you Manish. This poem is a fragment from a very much longer story in verse I’ve been writing for a few years, but I hope it makes a bit of sense on its own.

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Stephen Gospage

Thu 25th May 2023 21:56

Very funny, John. Would you buy a new car from this man?

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Alicia Clark

Thu 25th May 2023 21:19

I always loved this story. I recently read a new version. Red Asa mage a good mage though with werewolf protectors. Really good book so far.

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John Botterill

Thu 25th May 2023 19:22

Extremely touching true. Great.

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John Botterill

Thu 25th May 2023 19:21

Fascinating poem, Mike. Loved it.

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John Botterill

Thu 25th May 2023 19:03

Sounds like a fun trip. You convey so much with so few words.

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Rick Varden

Thu 25th May 2023 17:50

Yes Uilleam a party of us recently visited what is now a park. As you say, it’s exactly the same now in a different ‘costume’ same show😒

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Mike McPeek

Thu 25th May 2023 17:19

Love this Helene! A wonderful idea to combat the oceans of negativty in our world today. Thanks for sharing this!

Best
Mike

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John Botterill

Thu 25th May 2023 16:27

What a fabulous idea, Helene, with a poem to match! I'm getting my bucket ready! 😀

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Hélène

Thu 25th May 2023 16:11

Lovely Mike. So enjoy these descriptive snippets of observed life and emotion.

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Hélène

Thu 25th May 2023 16:08

Awesome poem, John. The rhythm and the queries are wonderful. And the sky imagery...so vast.

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Manish Singh Rajput

Thu 25th May 2023 15:09

Wow, just wow. You are a brilliant poet, John B. I loved this one, questions of a free thinker, nature's answers and consolation, experiences and insights of a man on "lives of old men". I'm turning into a fanboy, my friend!!
Thank you for this.

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John Coopey

Thu 25th May 2023 10:58

Thankyou, Uilleam; although “hilarious” is a bit strong. Rather, like the BBC I consider my mission is to educate and entertain.
And thanks for the Like, Philip.

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Uilleam Ó Ceallaigh

Thu 25th May 2023 09:37

Hilarious John.
Anyone fuckoffee?

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Uilleam Ó Ceallaigh

Thu 25th May 2023 09:33

Thanks Rick-I'm familiar with the locations you mention.

The scuttler gangs are still with us however, in a different form,
I frequently see gangs of youths openly selling drugs in broad daylight; whilst stabbings and beatings are topics of everyday conversation amongst some of my younger friends.

As far as pollution of the environment, and safety in the workplace are concerned, the UK is fast regressing to a situation in which profit is once more king, and "devil take the hindmost" the rule of thumb.

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keith jeffries

Thu 25th May 2023 09:12

I almost bathed in this poem as it drenched me from head to foot. The language is rich and rare. I was surprised at the extent of the vocabulary used. The word aspergillum and eucharistic, integral to the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass and intensity of every line was breath taking. What more can I say without being too verbose and over complimentary. A truly great piece of writing for which I thank you.
Keith

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Uilleam Ó Ceallaigh

Thu 25th May 2023 09:09

Well described Stephen, and thanks for highlighting a very important subject.

I think your line: "And then I'll write a best selling book", sums up much of what's happenning today.
Call me cynical but...the philosophy of "follow the money" is increasingly responsible for the pathologisation of commonplace and perfectly "normal" aspects of human psychology and of biology.

A link here to The British Medical Journal (BMJ)
https://www.bmj.com/content/358/bmj.j4305/rr-7

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Thu 25th May 2023 09:00

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Hélène

Thu 25th May 2023 04:10

Thank you Manish for such an encouraging comment. We will keep on writing and sharing!

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